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I've been writing a lot more, I believe, because of the Internet. I've been posting stuff that I've written and I've just been writing.

~Errol Morris

Topics: Because Been Believe Internet Just Lot More Posting Stuff Writing Written I Believe

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A movie is like a tip of an iceberg, in a way, because so little of what you do in connection with making a movie actually gets into the movie. Almost everything gets left behind.

~Errol Morris

Topics: Actually Almost Almost Everything Because Behind Connection Everything Gets Iceberg Left Like Little Making Movie Tip Way You

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You know, I actually like doing commercials. I don't like doing them to the exclusion of everything else, but I like doing them.

~Errol Morris

Topics: Actually Commercials Doing Else Everything Everything Else Exclusion Know Like Them You

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Films are neither true nor false. That includes my films, as well as others. They may make claims that are true or false, but films are too complex. They have too many ingredients.

~Errol Morris

Topics: Claims Complex False Films Ingredients Make Many May Neither Nor Others Too True Well

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I taught my son to read with tabloids. We would sit to read the 'Weekly World News' together.

~Errol Morris

Topics: News Read Sit Son Tabloids Taught Together Weekly World Would

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Do I like tawdry, sleazy stories? Yeah, I do.

~Errol Morris

Topics: Like Stories Yeah

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We all know that yellow journalism didn't just happen a week ago or a month ago, that yellow journalism has probably been with us as long as journalism has been with us.

~Errol Morris

Topics: Been Happen Journalism Just Know Long Month Us Week Yellow

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You're meant to think somehow that literature, in espousing eternal values, is kind of normal and balanced and reasonable. When it fact it's anything but.

~Errol Morris

Topics: Anything Balanced Eternal Fact Kind Literature Meant Normal Reasonable Somehow Think Values You

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I've never made any money off of any of my films. Statement of fact. So without commercial work, I would be in big trouble.

~Errol Morris

Topics: Any Big Commercial Fact Films Made Money Never Off Statement Trouble Without Work Would

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Interviews, when they are just simply an exercise in hearing what you want to hear, are of no interest.

~Errol Morris

Topics: Exercise Hear Hearing Interest Interviews Just No Interest Simply Want You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: February 5th, 1948

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